Not knowing anything about it except that I read on here there was an episode that wouldn't air because of certain violent scenes. Maybe those scenes were cut and this is that episode?

Wow. The show is already extremely gory and graphic and violent. I regularly am amazed that they are showing it on network TV. I'm having a hard time understanding what must be in an episode that they actually cut.

Wow. The show is already extremely gory and graphic and violent. I regularly am amazed that they are showing it on network TV. I'm having a hard time understanding what must be in an episode that they actually cut.

Wow. The show is already extremely gory and graphic and violent. I regularly am amazed that they are showing it on network TV. I'm having a hard time understanding what must be in an episode that they actually cut.

It's basic Thomas Harris. I don't get what everyone was expecting. I find it much more interesting and less gross and upsetting than The Following and Fox couldn't wait to renew that.

Last week's said, 'Next week a special Hannibal with Limited Commercial Interruptions...'

Which must mean that to expand the Office they decided to cut the commercials.

In other words, we can make a LOT more money selling ads during The Office finale, so we'll increase the number and length of ad breaks during The Office, which will likely get at least a 2.5 (A18-49) rating, and we'll take those breaks away from Hannibal, which will likely get about a 1.1 rating.

Hannibal is not doing well in the ratings. They probably aren't worrying about pre-empting 15 minutes of it

It is my understanding that they are NOT pre-empting part of the episode. They are consolidating it into a shorter time slot by having less commercial breaks. No episode content will be omitted, from what I understand.

I've found quite the opposite. Hannibal is extremely disturbing to me. I haven't liked a couple of things in the Following, but I had to stop watching Hannibal entirely 5 minutes into the 3rd episode.

Wow, I had totally the opposite reaction and quit watching The Following after whatever episode they were telling the kid to kill the mouse. Interesting. To be fair I've always been a Thomas Harris fan, the last movie notwithstanding. I think Lecter is one of the most interesting fictional characters ever written and I enjoy how they're producing the show.

Wow, I had totally the opposite reaction and quit watching The Following after whatever episode they were telling the kid to kill the mouse. Interesting. To be fair I've always been a Thomas Harris fan, the last movie notwithstanding. I think Lecter is one of the most interesting fictional characters ever written and I enjoy how they're producing the show.

I've read a good many of Harris' books from Red Dragon on and they have never really bothered me. The series bothered me but it seemed to me lots of it was shock for shock's sake like the garden full of green corpses. Oh well, different strokes.